JP2010094419A - Automatic bread making machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic bread making machine in which ingredients dispensers can be easily arranged while ingredients are put by using the ingredients dispensers whose specifications can be easily changed and the inside of a bread pan of which is not made difficult to check because of the presence of the ingredients dispensers. <P>SOLUTION: The automatic bread making machine 1 is provided with a body 10 and a lid 20. An oven 11 is arranged in the body 10. A bread pan 30 containing dough for making bread is put in the oven 11. The ingredients dispensers 50L and 50R are rotatably attached to the brim of the bread pan 30. The ingredients dispensers 50L and 50R can take an erecting posture in which their ingredients entry and exit openings are upturned and an inverted posture in which the ingredients entry and exit openings are directed toward the inside of the bread pan 30. Posture changing devices 60L and 60R for changing the posture of the ingredients dispensers 50L and 50R are arranged in the lid 20 of the body 10. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic bread maker mainly used in general households.

  A commercial household automatic bread maker puts a bread container containing bread-making ingredients into a baking chamber in the main body, kneads and kneads the bread-making ingredients in the bread container with rotating blades, and after undergoing a fermentation process, In general, the bread container is used as a baking mold to bake bread. In addition, recently, there are many products that have a mechanism for adding ingredients such as raisins and nuts to baking ingredients. Examples of such an automatic bread maker can be seen in US Pat.

  In the automatic bread maker described in Patent Document 1 or Patent Document 2, there is provided an auxiliary material input means for supplying an additional baking material such as raisins, nuts, and cheese in a form incorporated in a lid that opens and closes the baking chamber. It has been.

In the automatic bread maker described in Patent Document 3, the material container is provided so as to fit between the lower surface of the upper lid and the bread container. The material container includes a side frame that is attached to and detached from the oven chamber, and an opening and closing plate that is pivotally supported by the side frame and provided with at least a bottom wall portion.
Japanese Patent No. 3191645 Japanese Patent No. 3666452 JP 2006-255071 A

  In the automatic bread maker described in Patent Document 1 or Patent Document 2, since the secondary material charging unit is built in the lid, if the specifications of the secondary material charging unit are changed, it is necessary to change the design of the lid significantly. . Also, after setting the ingredients, it is difficult to check the inside of the bread container by raising the lid. In that respect, since the automatic bread maker described in Patent Document 3 uses an ingredient container that is independent from the main body and the upper lid, the specification of the ingredient container can be easily changed, and different types of ingredient containers can be used properly. It is. However, it is necessary to provide a support structure for the ingredient container in the main body, and there is a problem that the ingredient container obstructs the field of view even if the inside of the bread container is to be confirmed.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is easy to install the material container while using the material container whose specification can be easily changed, and the presence of the material container. It aims at providing the automatic bread maker which does not become difficult to confirm the inside of a bread container.

  The present invention relates to an automatic bread maker that receives a bread container containing a bread-making raw material in a baking chamber in a main body and sequentially performs the kneading process, fermentation process, and baking process of the bread-making raw material. An ingredient container is pivotally attached to the edge, and the ingredient container can take an upright posture with the ingredient inlet / outlet facing upward and a falling posture with the ingredient outlet / inlet facing into the bread container. In addition, the main body or the lid is provided with a posture changing device for changing a posture of the material container.

  According to this configuration, since the ingredient container is attached to the rim of the bread container, the specification of the ingredient container can be easily changed, and different types of ingredient containers can be used properly. After attaching the ingredient container, you can open the lid and look into the bread container. The ingredient container does not interfere with the confirmation of the inside of the bread container.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that in the automatic bread maker configured as described above, the ingredient container continues to maintain the upright posture or the falling posture by gravity.

  According to this configuration, the mechanism for maintaining the posture of the material container is simplified.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that in the automatic bread maker configured as described above, the ingredient container continues to maintain the upright posture or the falling posture with a spring force.

  According to this configuration, the posture can be maintained without causing the material container to rattle.

  According to the present invention, in the automatic bread maker configured as described above, the ingredient container is provided with a restoring force to the upright posture by a spring, and the posture changing device causes the ingredient container to resist the restoring force. It is characterized in that the posture is changed to the fall posture.

  According to this configuration, the posture changing device can change the posture from an upright posture to a falling posture or vice versa simply by pushing (pulling) the material container or loosening the pushing (pulling) force, The force transmission interface between the posture changing device and the material container is simplified.

  Further, the present invention provides the automatic bread maker configured as described above, wherein the plurality of ingredient containers are arranged on different sides of the mouth edge of the bread container, and the posture changing device is individually provided for the plurality of ingredient containers. The posture changing device is individually controlled in operation.

  According to this configuration, a plurality of types of ingredients can be introduced at different timings.

  According to the present invention, in the automatic bread maker configured as described above, a lid that is closed in the upright position and opened in the falling position is provided at the material outlet of the material container.

  According to this structure, the ingredient container can be placed in a sealed state until the timing for feeding the ingredient comes, and the ingredient can be prevented from drying, or conversely, the ingredient can absorb moisture.

  According to the present invention, since the ingredient container is attached to the rim of the bread container, it is easy to change the specifications of the ingredient container, and an ingredient container adapted to a wide variety of ingredients can be developed. When looking inside the bread container, the ingredient container does not obstruct the field of view.

  Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 is a vertical sectional view of an automatic bread maker, FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the automatic bread maker, viewed from a direction perpendicular to FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a top view of a bread container and an ingredient container, FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view of the automatic bread maker, and the viewing direction is the same as in FIG. 2, and shows the situation where the ingredient container is attached to the bread container. FIG. Is the same as FIG. 2 and shows the state where the ingredient container is in a fall position, FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional view of the automatic bread maker, and the direction of viewing is the same as in FIG. FIG. 7 is a vertical sectional view of the automatic bread maker, showing the state where the container is returned to the upright posture, and the viewing direction is the same as FIG. In FIG. 1, the left side is the front (front) side of the automatic bread maker, and the right side is the back (rear) side of the automatic bread maker.

  The automatic bread maker 1 includes a main body 10 and a lid 20 of the main body. A firing chamber 11 having an upper surface opened is provided inside the main body 10, and the lid 20 closes the upper surface opening. A bread container 30 is placed in the baking chamber 11.

  The baking chamber 11 includes a peripheral side wall 11a and a bottom wall 11b having a rectangular horizontal cross section, and a bread container support 12 is fixed to a location corresponding to the center of the baking chamber of the bottom wall 11b. The inside of the bread container support 12 is exposed to the baking chamber 11 through an opening formed in the bottom wall 11b. The bread container support unit 12 has a role of supporting the bread container 30 by connecting a cylindrical base 31 fixed to the bottom surface of the bread container 30 by bayonet coupling, and a rotating shaft that transmits power to the rotary blades 32 in the bread container 30. Takes both the role of supporting 13. A pulley 14 is fixed to the lower end of the rotating shaft 13 protruding from the lower surface of the bread container support 12. The pulley 14 is connected by a belt 17 to an output shaft pulley 16 of a motor 15 fixed to the lower surface of the bottom wall 11b.

  A control unit 18 is disposed in a space between the front surface of the peripheral side wall 11 a of the baking chamber 11 and the front outer shell of the main body 10. The control unit 18 controls the automatic bread maker 1 in response to a signal from a temperature sensor 19 disposed inside the baking chamber 11 and a command input from an operation panel described later.

  The lid 20 is connected to the main body 10 by a hinge shaft 21 on the back side of the automatic bread maker 1, and rotates in a vertical plane around the hinge shaft 21. The lid 20 has a mechanism for automatically opening, which will be described later.

  An operation panel 22 is disposed at a corner above the front of the main body 10. Although not shown, the operation panel 22 has operation keys such as a selection key for bread types (wheat flour bread, rice flour bread, bread with ingredients, etc.), a cooking content selection key, a timer key, a start key, a cancel key, and the like. A display unit is provided for displaying the group and the set cooking contents and timer reservation time.

  The bread container 30 is shaped like a bucket, and a handle (not shown) for carrying is attached to the mouth edge. The horizontal cross-sectional shape of the bread container 30 is a rectangle with rounded four corners, and the rotating blade 32 rotates at the center. The rotary blade 32 is attached to the non-circular cross section at the upper end of the rotary shaft 33 pivotally supported at the center of the pedestal 31 by simple fitting, and can be attached and detached without using a tool. For this reason, it can be easily replaced with a different type of rotating blade 32.

  The rotating shaft 33 is connected to the rotating shaft 13 and transmits power from the rotating shaft 13. As the power transmitting means, a coupling 34 enclosed by the base 31 is used. That is, of the two members constituting the coupling 34, one is fixed to the lower end of the rotating shaft 33 and the other is fixed to the upper end of the rotating shaft 13.

  On the outer peripheral surface of the pedestal 31, a projection 35 b that forms a well-known bayonet coupling portion is formed together with the projection 35 a formed on the inner peripheral surface of the bread container support portion 12. While maintaining the bread container 30 at an angle at which the protrusions 35a and 35b do not interfere with each other, the pedestal 31 is dropped into the bread container support 12 and the bread container 30 is twisted to engage the protrusion 35b under the protrusion 35a. The bread container 30 can no longer be pulled upward, and at the same time, the coupling 34 is also connected. Since the twist direction of the bread container 30 is made to coincide with the rotation direction of the rotary blade 32, the bread container 30 does not come off even if the rotary blade 32 rotates. Here, the twisting direction of the bread container 30 and the rotating direction of the rotary blade 32 are both set clockwise when viewed from above.

  A heating device 40 disposed inside the baking chamber 11 surrounds the bread container 30 and heats the bread-making material. The heating device 40 includes a sheathed heater 41. A current is supplied to the sheathed heater 41 through the heat-resistant cable 42.

  The outline of the bread making operation in the automatic bread maker 1 is as follows. A bread container 30 containing a baking material such as flour, water, butter, etc. is placed in the baking chamber 11 and attached to the bread container support 12, and the rotary shaft 33 is connected to the rotary shaft 13, and then the lid 20 is closed. When the type of bread and cooking details are input from the operation panel 22 and the start key is pressed, the bread making operation is started.

  The first bread making operation is a kneading process. The control unit 18 drives the motor 15 to rotate the rotary blade 32 and energizes the heating device 40 to raise the temperature of the baking chamber 11. As the rotary blade 32 rotates, the bread-making ingredients are kneaded and turned into a dough having a high viscosity. The rotary blade 32 swings the dough and knocks it against the inner wall of the bread container 30, thereby adding a “kneading” element to the kneading. In the case of bread containing ingredients, the control unit 18 opens the bottom plate of the ingredient container at a predetermined timing, and the ingredients are put into the bread dough, which will be described later.

  After finishing the kneading process, the process proceeds to the fermentation process. The control unit 18 controls the energization of the heating device 40 to maintain the baking chamber 11 at a predetermined temperature and ferment the bread-making material.

  After the fermentation process, the control unit 18 energizes the heating device 40 with a predetermined energization pattern to bake bread dough into bread. After a sign indicating completion of breadmaking is displayed on the display unit of the operation panel 22 or when a notification sound indicating completion of breadmaking is given, the user opens the lid 20 and takes out the bread container 30.

  Next, a lid opening device that automatically opens the lid 20 will be described. A torsion coil spring 23 is wound around the hinge shaft 21. One end of the torsion coil spring 23 is engaged with the main body 10, and the other end is engaged with the lid 20, and a moment in the clockwise direction in FIG. That is, the lid 20 is always biased in the opening direction by the torsion coil spring 23.

  Inside the main body 10, a lock device 24 that is combined with a torsion coil spring 23 and constitutes a lid opening device is provided inside the vertical wall 10 a facing the front wall 20 a of the lid 20. The locking device 24 is constituted by a solenoid 25 having a plunger 26 that advances and retracts in the horizontal direction. The plunger 26 is always urged to a position where the tip protrudes outside the through hole formed in the vertical wall 10a. The tip of the plunger 26 has an upward slope, and when the lid 20 that has been opened is closed, the corner of the lid 20 hits the slope and the plunger 26 is pushed into the main body 10. When the lid 20 is completely closed, the through hole 20b formed in the front wall 20a and the plunger 26 are matched, and the plunger 26 enters the through hole 20b, and holds the lid 20 in the closed state. This is the locked state of the lid 20. Here, when the solenoid 25 is energized, the plunger 26 is drawn and removed from the through hole 20b. That is, the plunger 26 is moved to the unlock position, and the unlocked lid 20 is opened by the force of the torsion coil spring 23. The lid 20 is provided with a viewing window 20c fitted with a transparent synthetic resin lens at a position slightly behind the front wall 20a.

  The plunger 26 can be moved to the unlock position not only when an excitation current flows through the solenoid 25 in response to a command from the control unit 18 but also by a user operation. The bell crank 27 and the push button 28 constitute the mechanism. The inverted L-shaped bell crank 27 rotates around a fulcrum 27a in a vertical plane, and a pin 26a protruding from the side surface of the plunger 26 is engaged with a long hole 27b formed in a vertical side. It is combined. The push button 28 is accommodated in a recessed portion 10b formed on the upper surface of the main body 10 so as to be vertically movable. A vertical shaft 28a protruding from the lower surface passes through the bottom surface of the recessed portion 10b and reaches the horizontal side of the bell crank 27. A compression coil spring 28b surrounding the vertical shaft 28a constantly urges the push button 28 and the vertical shaft 28a upward.

  When the push button 28 is pushed in from above, the vertical shaft 28a pushes the horizontal side of the bell crank 27 from above, and the bell crank 27 rotates in the clockwise direction. Along with this movement, the plunger 26 is retracted against the urging force and disengages from the through hole 20b. That is, the plunger 26 moves to the unlocked position, and the unlocked lid 20 is opened by the force of the torsion coil spring 23.

  The lock device 24 is provided with a detection device that detects the lid opening operation. The detection device is configured by a micro switch 29 in which an actuator is opposed to the end of the plunger 26. When the plunger 26 is retracted when an excitation current flows through the solenoid 25 in response to a command from the control unit 18 or when the user pushes the push button 28 and the bell crank 27 rotates, the retracted plunger 26 is moved. When the actuator of the micro switch 29 is pressed, a signal is generated that the lid opening operation has been executed.

  Next, the structure of the material container 50 and the mechanism of material input will be described. The ingredient container 50 is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped container whose upper surface is entirely opened to constitute an ingredient outlet, and is 1 on the side of the mouth of the bread container 30 that is located on the left and right as viewed from the front. Arranged one by one. For identification, the left ingredient container 50 and its related components are labeled with an “L” character, and the right ingredient container 50 and its associated components are designated with an “R” character. The added code is used.

  The ingredient containers 50L and 50R are installed so as not to overhang the inner space of the bread container 30 and do not hinder the confirmation of the inside of the bread container 30. The longitudinal direction of the ingredient containers 50L and 50R coincides with the front-rear direction of the automatic bread maker 1, and the ingredient outlet is located outside the two sides in the longitudinal direction when viewed from the center of the bread container 30. Lids 51L and 51R are rotatably connected to the sides by hinges 52L and 52R.

  When attaching the material containers 50L and 50R to the rim of the bread container 30, a quadrilateral frame 53 that covers the rim of the bread container 30 is used. The material containers 50L and 50R are attached to the frame 53 via hinges 54L and 54R on the sides located on the left and right as viewed from the front. The hinges 54L and 54R are provided on the side close to the center of the bread container 30. The ingredient containers 50L and 50R are in the posture shown in FIG. ) And the posture of FIG. 5 in which the ingredient outlet / inlet is directed to the inside of the bread container 30 (this is referred to as the “falling posture”). The material containers 50L and 50R continue to maintain an upright posture or a falling posture with gravity.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the ingredient containers 50 </ b> L and 50 </ b> R are arranged at positions closer to the rear of the bread container 30. From the rear side surfaces of the material containers 50L and 50R, bell cranks 55L and 55R each having a horizontal axis bent at a right angle from the middle protrude. Posture changing devices 60L and 60R provided on the main body 10 engage with the bell cranks 55L and 55R to rotate the material containers 50L and 50R.

  The posture changing devices 60L and 60R are configured by geared motors 61L and 61R disposed between the peripheral side wall 11a of the baking chamber 11 and the rear side wall of the main body 10, and a geared motor protruding horizontally into the baking chamber 11. The cranks 62L and 62R are fixed to the output shafts of 61L and 61R. The cranks 62L, 62R rotate in a vertical plane, and pins 63L, 63R, 64L, 64R protrude from the front surface. The combination of the crank 62L, the pin 63L, and the pin 64L and the combination of the crank 62R, the pin 63R, and the pin 64R are symmetrically arranged.

  When baking the bread containing ingredients, the frame 53 is attached to the mouth edge of the bread container 30. When the frame 53 is attached to the bread container 30 outside the baking chamber 11, the ingredient containers 50 </ b> L and 50 </ b> R interfere with the peripheral side wall 11 a of the baking chamber 11 when the bread container 30 is twisted for bayonet connection to the bread container support 12. . Further, the bell cranks 55L and 55R cannot be connected to the posture changing devices 60L and 60R. Therefore, a procedure is adopted in which the bread container 30 is first placed in the baking chamber 11 and attached at a predetermined angle, and then the frame 53 is placed over the mouth edge of the bread container 30. This is the situation shown in FIG. In FIG. 4, the ingredient containers 50L and 50R containing ingredients from the beginning are placed on the rim of the bread container 30. At this point, the ingredient containers 50L and 50R are left empty, You may make it put an ingredient after attaching.

  When the frame 53 is correctly installed on the mouth edge of the bread container 30, the state shown in FIGS. The bell crank 55L is inserted between the pin 63L and the pin 64L of the crank 62L, and the bell crank 55R is inserted between the pin 63R and the pin 64R of the crank 62R.

  The ingredients are set in the ingredient containers 50L, 50R. In this case, the types of ingredients may be changed between the ingredient container 50L and the ingredient container 50R. In the figure, the ingredient B1 is put in the ingredient container 50L, and the ingredient B2 is put in the ingredient container 50R. The lids 51L and 51R are closed, and the material containers 50L and 50R are in a sealed state. When the lid 20 is closed, the automatic bread maker 1 is ready to bake the bread with ingredients.

  During the kneading process, the controller 18 drives the geared motors 61L and 61R of the posture changing devices 60L and 60R at a predetermined timing. Then, the crank 62L rotates clockwise when viewed from the front, and the crank 62R rotates counterclockwise when viewed from the front. As a result, the pin 63L pushes the bell crank 55L, and the pin 63R pushes the bell crank 55R to change the posture of the material containers 50L and 50R from the upright posture to the falling posture. When a certain angle is exceeded, the material containers 50L and 50R autonomously move to a fall posture due to gravity.

  In the fall posture shown in FIG. 5, the bell containers 55L and 50R are prevented from further rotating by the bell crank 55L hitting the pin 64L and the bell crank 55R hitting the pin 64R. The material outlets of the material containers 50L and 50R face obliquely downward and the lids 51L and 51R open, so that the materials B1 and B2 slide down and are put into the bread dough A.

  The controller 18 reversely drives the geared motors 61L and 61R in anticipation of the time when the sliding of the ingredients B1 and B2 ends. This time, the pin 64L pushes the bell crank 55L, and the pin 64R pushes the bell crank 55R to change the posture of the material containers 50L, 50R from the falling posture to the upright posture. When a certain angle is exceeded, the material containers 50L and 50R autonomously move toward an upright posture by gravity.

  FIG. 6 shows a state where the material containers 50L and 50R have returned to the upright posture. The ingredients B1 and B2 put into the bread dough A are kneaded into the bread dough A as the kneading progresses and are dispersed in the bread dough A.

  Then, when the bread C is completed as shown in FIG. 7 through the fermentation process and the baking process, the lid 20 is opened, the frame 53 is removed, and the bread container 30 is pulled up.

  The control device 18 controls the operation of the posture change devices 60L and 60R individually. Therefore, it is possible to operate the posture changing devices 60L and 60R at different times, and to put a plurality of kinds of ingredients into the bread dough A at different timings.

  The material containers 50L and 50R are not limited to the material. It is also possible to use dry yeast in place of ingredients and add dry yeast to the bread-making material at a predetermined timing.

  The power source of the posture changing devices 60L and 60R may be a solenoid instead of a motor. In the first embodiment, the posture changing devices 60L and 60R are arranged in the main body 10, but a configuration in which the posture changing devices 60L and 60R are arranged toward the lid 20 is also possible.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 10 are side views of the material container showing a series of operations.

  In the second embodiment, the material containers 50L and 50R maintain an upright posture or a falling posture with spring force instead of gravity. Although the figure shows the ingredient container 50R, the same structure is applied to the ingredient container 50L.

  It is a torsion spring 70 used as a toggle spring that maintains the material container 50R in an upright posture or a falling posture. The torsion spring 70 has one end tangled with a pin 71 provided on the side surface of the ingredient container 50R, and the other end tangled with a pin 72 provided on a stay (not shown) fixed to the frame 53. , 72 is exerting a force in the direction of widening the interval between them. For this reason, in the state of FIG. 8, the material container 50R is forced to be in an upright posture. When changing the material container 50R from the upright position to the falling position, the torsion spring 70 exhibits resistance because the distance between the pins 71 and 72 is reduced. When the posture of the ingredient container 50R is changed, the so-called “thought point” is reached, as shown in FIG. 9, when the pin 71 tries to cross the straight line connecting the axis of the hinge 54R and the pin 72. When the pin 71 exceeds the thought point, the ingredient container 50R changes its inclination at a stretch to the fall posture shown in FIG. 10 by the force of the torsion spring 70. Even when the posture is returned from the fall posture to the upright posture, the inclination of the ingredient container 50R is suddenly changed when the pin 71 exceeds the thought point. In this way, by adding the torsion spring 70 which is a toggle spring, the posture of the ingredient container 50R can be crisply changed. The movement of the material container 50L is the same.

  Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 to 13 are vertical sectional views of the automatic bread maker showing a series of operations.

  The third embodiment is obtained by adding the following modifications to the first embodiment. That is, a spring (not shown) gives the material containers 50L and 50R a restoring force to an upright posture. It is convenient to incorporate the spring into the hinges 54L and 54R. The cranks 62L and 62R are provided only with pins 63L and 63R that push the material containers 50L and 50R from the upright position to the fall position, and are provided with pins that push the material containers 50L and 50R from the fall position to the upright position. Not.

  During the kneading process, the controller 18 drives the geared motors 61L and 61R of the posture changing devices 60L and 60R at a predetermined timing. Then, the crank 62L rotates clockwise when viewed from the front, and the crank 62R rotates counterclockwise when viewed from the front. When the pin 63L pushes the bell crank 55L and the pin 63R pushes the bell crank 55R, the material containers 50L and 50R change the posture from the upright posture to the falling posture against the restoring force of the spring.

  When the ingredient containers 50L and 50R are in the fall posture shown in FIG. 12, the lids 51L and 51R are opened, and the ingredients B1 and B2 are slid down and put into the bread dough A.

  The controller 18 reversely drives the geared motors 61L and 61R in anticipation of the time when the sliding of the ingredients B1 and B2 ends. The material containers 50L and 50R closely follow the pins 63L and 63R by the restoring force of the spring, and return to the upright posture shown in FIG.

  As described above, in the third embodiment, the posture changing devices 60L and 60R simply push (pull) the material containers 50L and 50R or loosen the pushing (pull) force, so that the posture changes from the upright posture to the fall posture or vice versa. The postures of the material containers 50L and 50R can be changed, and the force transmission interface between the posture changing devices 60L and 60R and the material containers 50L and 50R is simplified.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the scope of the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

    The present invention can be widely used for an automatic bread maker mainly used in general households.

Vertical sectional view of the automatic bread maker according to the first embodiment 1 is a vertical sectional view of the automatic bread maker according to the first embodiment, viewed from a direction perpendicular to FIG. Top view of bread container and ingredient container of automatic bread maker according to first embodiment FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the automatic bread maker according to the first embodiment, in which the viewing direction is the same as in FIG. 2 and shows a situation where an ingredient container is attached to a bread container FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the automatic bread maker according to the first embodiment, in which the viewing direction is the same as FIG. FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the automatic bread maker according to the first embodiment, in which the viewing direction is the same as in FIG. 2, and shows a state in which the ingredient container in a fallen posture is returned to an upright posture. FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the automatic bread maker according to the first embodiment, in which the viewing direction is the same as in FIG. Side view of an ingredient container of an automatic bread maker according to a second embodiment The side view of the ingredient container of the automatic bread maker which concerns on 2nd Embodiment which shows a different state The side view of the ingredient container of the automatic bread maker which concerns on 2nd Embodiment, and shows a different state Vertical sectional view of an automatic bread maker according to a third embodiment A vertical sectional view of an automatic bread maker according to a third embodiment showing different states A vertical sectional view of the automatic bread maker according to the third embodiment, showing a further different state

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automatic bread maker 10 Main body 11 Baking chamber 18 Control part 20 Lid 30 Bread container 40 Heating apparatus 50L, 50R Material container 51L, 51R Lid 60L, 60R Posture change apparatus

Claims (6)

In an automatic bread maker that accepts a bread container containing bread-making ingredients in a baking chamber in the main body, and sequentially performs the kneading process, fermentation process, and baking process of the bread-making ingredients,
An ingredient container is rotatably attached to the mouth edge of the bread container, and the ingredient container has an upright attitude in which the ingredient outlet / inlet is directed upward, and a falling attitude in which the ingredient outlet / inlet is directed into the bread container. An automatic bread maker, wherein the main body or the lid is provided with a posture changing device for changing the posture of the ingredient container.   The automatic bread maker according to claim 1, wherein the ingredient container keeps the upright posture or the falling posture by gravity.   2. The automatic bread maker according to claim 1, wherein the material container continues to maintain the upright posture or the falling posture with a spring force. 3.   The material container is given a restoring force to the upright posture by a spring, and the posture changing device changes the posture of the material container to the falling posture against the restoring force. The automatic bread maker according to claim 1.   The plurality of ingredient containers are arranged on different sides of the mouth edge of the bread container, and the posture changing device is individually provided for the plurality of ingredient containers, and the posture changing devices are individually controlled in operation. The automatic bread maker according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein:   The automatic manufacture according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a lid for closing the material container and opening the material container in the upright posture is provided at a material outlet / outlet of the material container. Bread machine.

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